ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in Sudan continues to increase as the authorities always find ways to impede their gatherings to worship and right to exercise their faith. An example of this is how the Sudanese government continues to order the demolition of churches without any solid arguments, while they also harass church members and threaten foreign Christians with being expelled. Christians face persecution in Sudan and experience constant human rights violations; thus, the country has been designated as a Country of Particular Concern by the U.S. State Department since 1999.   
02/21/2017, Sudan (The Gospel Herald) – State officials in Sudan plan to demolish at least 25 church buildings in the Khartoum area, according to Christian leaders.
A June 13, 2016 letter from the Executive Corporation for the Protection of Government Lands, Environment, Roads and Demolition of Irregularities of Khartoum Statereveals the names and locations of 25 church buildings marked for demolition, most of them in the Sharq al Neel (East Nile area) locality of Khartoum North. The government reportedly claimed the churches were built on land zoned for other uses, but Christian leaders said it is part of wider crack-down on Christianity.
The Rev. Yahia Abdelrahim Nalu, moderator of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church’s (SPEC) Sudan Evangelical Synod, told Morning Star News the subsequent order was part of a systematic attack on churches by the Islamist government.
“This is not an isolated act but should be taken with wider perspective,” he said.
The order targets a wide range of denominations, from Roman Catholic to Pentecostal.
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